Ms Mkenya wrote:While we are on roads...is Thika Road any better? I need to go to Murang'a and return on the same day.....
@Ms Mkenya - went to Muranga on the Easter weekend - actually abt 50km beyond it - Kangema-Githiga (this latter section used to be murram but it is now tarmac - almost up to Mrs Djinn's grandma's door
Thika road is very dangerous in some places - starting at Pangani going downwards, abt 5 lanes have to trickle into 2 lanes - it was Saturday around 10 am - and that short distance took us abt 30 mins owing to overlapping and such.
Diversions after GSU, Kasarani, Githurai - at Kahawa almost until Ruiru some 3-4 lane sections are open but unmarked so if you do not have "lane sense" then some collisions are likely - this increases drastically at night.
Where they have excavated "under passes" - this is especially dangerous at night when using the diversions - with all the dust and perhaps blinding headlights from the opposite direction, you cannot easily see the edge of the road and can drop into these sections - indeed on the way back from Muranga we found quite a bit of glass in one such area.
After Thika its the same old road - dual all the way to the Muranga turn off. Better leave early and return early.
When you can - check out this blog with fairly recent pictures of the works:
http://thikaroad.blogspot.com/I must say work going on is pretty impressive
